The Early Learning Center provides a safe and nurturing learning environment for preschool age children of all cultural backgrounds and abilities. We believe that learning takes place primarily through exploratory play. We offer a variety of both directed and non-directed activities to encourage children to develop a strong sense of curiosity, self-esteem, and independence.

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Social Emotional (continued)
...Preschool offers an opportunity for each child to learn to handle separation from family, to relate comfortably with other adults, to enjoy similarities and differences in people, and to develop skills in relating to peers. Preschool offers an opportunity for each child to learn to handle separation from family, to relate comfortably with other adults, to enjoy similarities and differences in people, and to develop skills in relating to peers.

Cognitive
Preschool conceptual skills such as opposites, rhyming, space and time concepts, visual and auditory discrimination skills, letter and number recognition, math and science discovery concepts, and language arts skills are stressed. Teachers are always watching for opportunities to assist children in organizing their words through such conceptual activities as matching, noticing likenesses and differences, comparing, categorizing, seriating, and labeling...

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